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In Defense of Flogging - Peter Moskos
ReviewRandy Cohen, former writer of The New York Times Magazine column “The Ethicist” “Peter Moskos presents us with a true dilemma, the dreadful alternativ... -
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
SUMMARY:On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from... -
Impeached_ The Trial of Preside - David O. Stewart
From Publishers WeeklyFresh from his masterful The Summer of 1787, Stewart takes on one of the seamiest events in American history: the vengeful impeachment of Lincoln's succ... -
I Was Told There'd Be Cake - Sloane Crosley
Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at t... -
I Am America (And So Can You!) - Stephen Colbert
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Hull Zero Three - Greg Bear
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Multiple Hugo and Nebula winner Bear (City at the End of Time) sets this difficult but rewarding short novel on an interstellar colony ship go... -
How to Write a Sentence_ And Ho - Stanley Fish
From BooklistNew York Times columnist and college professor Fish appreciates fine sentences the way some people appreciate fine wine. In 10 short chapters, Fish takes readers throu... -
How to Make People Like You in - Nicholas Boothman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Whether selling, managing, negotiating, planning, collaborating, pitching, instructing-or on your knees with a marriage proposal-the secret of success is based on... -
How We Are Hungry - Dave Eggers
FromIn this collection, Eggers (_Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius_) is obviously straddling the line between being a writer—and a very talented one at that—and being the spo... -
How It Ended_ New and Collected - Jay McInerney
SUMMARY: From the writer whose first novel,Bright Lights, Big City, defined a generation, a collection of twenty-six stories, new and old, that trace the arc of his career for near...